Abstract: A method for creating a virtual three-dimensional structural model of a body includes ascertaining a shell geometry and a basic volume from a geometric model of the body; creating a numerical model of the body from the shell geometry and/or the basic volume; acting upon the numerical model with a variable and establishing a target property of the body from the numerical model acted upon by the variable; creating a structural model that defines an actual property of the body; and iteratively optimizing the structural model to align the actual property with the target property. During the optimization, adapting a mechanical, thermal, and/or aerodynamic actual property of the body to a mechanical, thermal, and/or aerodynamic target property of the body by modifying at least one parameter of the structural model. A manufacturing method and a device perform this method.